Temples of Lord Swaminarayan
THE SIX TEMPLES BUILT BY BHAGWAN SWAMINARAYAN HIMSELF (and he installed the murti's with his own hands)
The first was built in AHMEDABAD (Shree Nar-Nararayan
Dev) (Ahmedabad Gadi)
The English collector invited Lord Swaminarayan at Ahmedabad, gave him
a warm welcome and present land for temple. The Lord got constructed a
huge temple designed by the images of Lord Nar-Narnarayan Dev in V.S year
1878 on the third day of bright half of the month of Falgun on Monday 24-2-1822
A.D. Nar-Narnarayan Dev Bhagwan was installed in Ahmedabad Temple. On an
auspicious occasion Lord said to his followers that we should feed the
Brahmins of Ahmedabad and all the surrounding areas. There were about 60,000
Brahmins around at that time. The next day at dinner the Brahmins were
invited by Lord. The Brahmins said thay were not happy with the preparations
(there was no foodgrains) and they said how will you feed us ?" lord
said," You are concerned with the dinner not with the cooking materials.
If I can't feed I'll be disgraced. They all agreed. At the time they were
all fed forcibly. All the Brahmins were astonished.
The second was built in BHUJ-Kutch (Shree Nar-Nararayan
Dev) (Ahmedabad Gadi)
The devotees (Shree Gangaram Mull, Sundarji Sutar and Hirji Sutar etc.,)
of Bhuj-Kutch requested Lord to construct a temple in Bhuj. Lord got it
constructed by the great saint Vaishnavanand Swami and installed there
also Lord Nar-Narnarayan in V.S. year 1879 on the fifth day of the bright
half of the month of Vaishakh on Friday 15-5-1823 A.D.
The third was built in VADTAL. (Shree Laxmi-Narayan
Dev and Shree Hari-Krishna Maharaj)
(Vadtal Gadi)
By the request of the devotees of Vadtal like Joban Pagi, Kuberbhai
Patel, Ranchhodbhai Patel, Narayan Giri and others to build a temple. Lord
got a huge temple designed and constructed by Bhramanand Swami and Aksharanand
Swami, and installed Laxmi-Narayan Dev in the middle of the 'Sinhasan',
Dharmadev, Bhaktimata, Vasudev, Shree Radhakrishna and an image of his
own named Harikrishna Maharaj in the southern side in V.S year 1881 on
the twelfth day of the bright half of the month of Kartik on Thursday 3-11-1824
A.D. At the temple there are 36 bricks which lord himself carried to the
site.
The fourth was built in DHOLERA. (Shree Madan Mohan
Dev) (Ahmedabad Gadi)
By the request of the devotees of Dholera like Poojaji Darbar and others.
Lord had this temple constructed by Nishkulanand Swami and Adbhutanand
Swami. Lord installed the murti of Shree Madan Mohan Dev in V.S. year 1882
on the thirteenth day of the dark half of the month of Vaishakh on Saturday
19-5-1826 A.D.
The fifth was built in JUNAGADH. (Shree Radha-Raman
Dev and Shree Siddheshwar Mahadev)
(Vadtal Gadi)
On the land presented by Jinabhai (Hematsingh) Darbar of Panchala, Lord
constructed a huge temple at Junagadh by the Great saint Brahmanand Swami.
In Junagadh Lord installed Shree Radha-Raman Dev, Shree Ranchodji, Shree
Trikamji and Shree Siddheshwar Mahadev with Parvati Devi in V.S. year 1884
on the second day of the dark half of the month of Vaishakh on Friday 1-5-1828
A.D.
The sixth was built in GADHADA (Gadhapur). (Shree Gopinathji)
(Vadtal Gadi)
By the request and love of Dadakhachar and his two elder sisters Jaya
(Jivuba) and Lalita (Laduba), Lord stayed at Gadhada for 25 years making
it the centre of his Divine mission. Lord got demolished the northern side
buildings and got constructed a huge temple under His own supervision or
the supervision of Viraktanand Swami. In the middle of the 'Sinhasan' Lord
installed Shree Gopinathji and Shree Radhikaji, in the western side Shree
Dharma Dev, Bhakti Mata and Surya-Narayan (the sun God) in V.S. year 1885
(1884) on the twelfth day of the bright half of the month of Ashwin on
Saturday 9-10-1828. In Gadhada the idol of Gopinathji was engraved by Narayanji
Mistry completely fit to the Lord's body in every respect. Narayanji used
to measure the lord's body often. The Lord was not steady at Gadhada, so,
Lord gave him television power, so that, he could see lord, in front of
him even if He might be hundreds of miles away. The Lord Himself had done
too much physical labour work in the construction of this temple.
The seventh was built in MURI.
The Eighth was built in JHETALPUR.
The Ninth was built in DHOLKA.
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